BENTS WITH HATS!!! ~~~ I told you so!!! ^U^

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Date: 27 Aug 2007 06:07:45
From: DougC
Subject: BENTS WITH HATS!!! ~~~ I told you so!!! ^U^

A while back there was a discussion of proper headgear while riding, and
I commented that I was pondering acquiring a western sun hat such as this-
> http://www.villagehatshop.com/sunbody_gus.html
....because the only reason I have found I needed a helmet anymore is to
prevent sunburns at the hairline, or where the sweatband rubs off the
sunscreen on my forehead.

When I dared to post my aspirations, some doubted the practicality of
such costume for the activity at hand.

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Behold!! -a screen shot of a page from the Challenge website:
http://www.norcom2000.com/users/dcimper/assorted/inanities/recumbent/general/stuff/common.html
alternate if above gets mangled:
http://tinyurl.com/2nkdlr

(I had to use a screenshot, because the top image starts randomly and
then rotates through a selection each time you refresh the page)

Note our two intrepid riders, wearing very-obviously-non-bicycling hats.
Shockingly enough-
One has even taken off their helmet, in order to wear their hat (I
should post this to the cycling advocacy board at BikeForums, just to
see all the ninnies go into pissy-fits).
PLUS,
they are riding on the wrong side of the road!!!
PLUS PLUS,
the rider on the right may very well be riding NAKED, what with all the
clothing draped over the rear pack. There's no frontal shot in the mix,
so perhaps we may never know.
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What with this latest development, I plan to resume with my
alternate-headgear riding aspirations (-as for the riding naked thing, I
would first need to find and buy another much smaller hat-).
~

Date: 27 Aug 2007 18:49:11
From: Tom \Johnny Sunset\ Sherman
Subject: Re: BENTS WITH HATS!!! ~~~ I told you so!!! ^U^

Doug Cimper wrote:
> ...
> PLUS,
> they are riding on the wrong side of the road!!!

Based on the sign to left, I think not. More likely they are in a
Commonwealth island country that rides on the left.

Is that a UK sign?

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia

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Date: 28 Aug 2007 00:06:27
From: Martin Dann
Subject: Re: BENTS WITH HATS!!! ~~~ I told you so!!! ^U^

Tom "Johnny Sunset" Sherman wrote:
> Doug Cimper wrote:
>> ...
>> PLUS,
>> they are riding on the wrong side of the road!!!
>
> Based on the sign to left, I think not. More likely they are in a
> Commonwealth island country that rides on the left.
>
> Is that a UK sign?

Not as far as I am aware, it looks more like an antipodean
road to me.

http://tinyurl.com/2nkdlr

Date: 29 Aug 2007 21:58:59
From: Bauwe Geit
Subject: Re: BENTS WITH HATS!!! ~~~ I told you so!!! ^U^

Date: 28 Aug 2007 08:12:27
From: Peter Clinch
Subject: Re: BENTS WITH HATS!!! ~~~ I told you so!!! ^U^

Martin Dann wrote:
> Tom "Johnny Sunset" Sherman wrote:
>> Doug Cimper wrote:
>>> ...
>>> PLUS,
>>> they are riding on the wrong side of the road!!!
>>
>> Based on the sign to left, I think not. More likely they are in a
>> Commonwealth island country that rides on the left.
>>
>> Is that a UK sign?
>
> Not as far as I am aware, it looks more like an antipodean road to me.

Another point of it being Not The UK is the weather is such that wide
brimmed sun hats seem appropriate...

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Date: 28 Aug 2007 18:29:56
From: Tom \Johnny Sunset\ Sherman
Subject: Re: BENTS WITH HATS!!! ~~~ I told you so!!! ^U^

Peter Clinch, an IT Medical Physics Officer, wrote:
> Martin Dann wrote:
>> Tom "Johnny Sunset" Sherman wrote:
>>> Doug Cimper wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>> PLUS,
>>>> they are riding on the wrong side of the road!!!
>>> Based on the sign to left, I think not. More likely they are in a
>>> Commonwealth island country that rides on the left.
>>>
>>> Is that a UK sign?
>> Not as far as I am aware, it looks more like an antipodean road to me.
>
> Another point of it being Not The UK is the weather is such that wide
> brimmed sun hats seem appropriate...

Don't you have 4 or 5 days a year in the UK where sun hats would be
appropriate?

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
A Real Cyclist [TM] keeps at least one bicycle in the bedroom.

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Date: 29 Aug 2007 08:55:12
From: Peter Clinch
Subject: Re: BENTS WITH HATS!!! ~~~ I told you so!!! ^U^

Tom "Johnny Sunset" Sherman wrote:

> Don't you have 4 or 5 days a year in the UK where sun hats would be
> appropriate?

That'll be last week, at least as seems to be the case for this, errrr,
"summer"...

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Date: 10 Sep 2007 15:12:03
From: Roger Merriman
Subject: Re: BENTS WITH HATS!!! ~~~ I told you so!!! ^U^

Peter Clinch <p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk > wrote:

> Tom "Johnny Sunset" Sherman wrote:
>
> > Don't you have 4 or 5 days a year in the UK where sun hats would be
> > appropriate?
>
> That'll be last week, at least as seems to be the case for this, errrr,
> "summer"...
>
> Pete.

hasn't been that bad, i've certinaly used the old straw hat a fair bit,
not as much as last year but then i had a outside job.

roger
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www.rogermerriman.com

Date: 28 Aug 2007 04:36:57
From: Hull 697
Subject: Re: BENTS WITH HATS!!! ~~~ I told you so!!! ^U^

1 > Make sure the one you buy has a neck strap or you'll lose it on thos
speedy downhills

2 > They do not appear to be very aero

3 > Should you post at BikeForums, post the link so we can enjoy th
uproar without having to sift through lots of upwrong verbosity

Doug
One has even taken off their helmet, in order to wear their hat (
should post this to the cycling advocacy board at BikeForums, just t
see all the ninnies go into pissy-fits)

~[/QUOTE Wrote:

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Hull 697

Date: 27 Aug 2007 20:50:08
From: DougC
Subject: Re: BENTS WITH HATS!!! ~~~ I told you so!!! ^U^

Hull 697 wrote:
> 1> Make sure the one you buy has a neck strap or you'll lose it on those
> speedy downhills.
>
> 2> They do not appear to be very aero.
>
> 3> Should you post at BikeForums, post the link so we can enjoy the
> uproar without having to sift through lots of upwrong verbosity.
>
> DougC
> One has even taken off their helmet, in order to wear their hat (I
> should post this to the cycling advocacy board at BikeForums, just to
> see all the ninnies go into pissy-fits).
>
> ~[/QUOTE Wrote:
>
>

Done!

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=5157121#post5157121

Date: 30 Aug 2007 15:43:39
From: Hull 697
Subject: Re: BENTS WITH HATS!!! ~~~ I told you so!!! ^U^

DougC Wrote:
> Hull 697 wrote
> > 1> Make sure the one you buy has a neck strap or you'll lose it o
> thos
> > speedy downhills
> >
> Done
>
> http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=5157121#post5157121
Well, that is a pretty good discussion over there generally. So fa
anyway

My two cents - because I also sail - sun protection is high on my list
From the other discussion I'd like to remark that BullFrog is the bes
sunscreen I have found. Even for a copious sweater like myself it work
far longer than the other brands. BIG PLUS it does not seem to attrac
wasps, bees and hornets like some brands

For head wear, check out these. I wear the adams beachcomber (sailing
and the extreme vacationer (yard work) both to a good job of su
protection and once soaked with sweat the back flap even provides som
cooling

See these and other sailing tested (read: can handle wind) headwea
here

http://www.coralreefsailing.net/hats_main?start=

This site often has wicking shirts with collars for sale too. A reall
fun thing to wear to a DF dominated weekend ride. Collars seem to se
them off almost as much as a comfortable bicycle!:

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Hull 697